Bright Area Business Association- Minutes
14 March 2014
Approval of minutes (February)
Discussion of B.A.B.A tour of Lawrenceburg Event Center- great tour.
Bebe warned of the increase in website hacking- Suggests to use secure passwords.
Treasure Reports- Dan Cross absent; money has been collected.
New Members- Martha Kersey, Terry Hahn, Amanda Ewbank; invite your friends and thanks for joining!
Golf Outing Report: Greg Gromwell
– fliers out, in good shape with sponsors to cover expenses
– golfers will bring in the additional revenue
– recruit/encourage friends to participate
– 30 (foursomes) max
Bright Festival: Diane Bender
– coozies ordered (purple and camo)
– pens
– 7/25-7/26 (dates)
– signup to volunteer at BABA booth
– will do baskets again this year; need donations
– sell raffle tickets
Publicity: Jim Mansfield
– Share BABA posts on Facebook; increase visibility
– Twitter; trying to use more this year
– Social Media leadership pages
Upcoming Schedule-:Celeste Cavallo
– April: evening meeting, Wed 4/9 at Bright Fire Department (5:30p)
– April regular meeting at Merchants Bank (Business meeting for golf outing
– June: Eric Kranz (sp?)
– July: Jud McMillan at the Beacon office
– August: field trip to Tri-Township Water
– Sept: Southeastern Career Center
Today’s speaker: Chip Perfect
Intro: Celeste with Bio
– Looking out for the interests of business people
– Backgound: why run? Qualifications, involvement in community, leadership roles
– Biggest weakness: too successful, lack of public understanding of risk taking; entrepreneuship
– Explanation of the change of leadership; information age
– Goals for self and employees- keep it simple:
1. Exceed expectations
2. Do the right thing
30-second commercials:
Lori- auction starts Monday
Les- Transferring license to Quest Capital
Martha- Juice Plus; program free for child with adult subscription
Kate K- Can do all electrical work
Joanie- Business Coaching; Mary K
Peggy- Looking for advertisers
Larry- TBN/thank you for attending his wife’s funeral
Jim K- help businesses expand throughout U.S.; economic development education
Greg- handle/involved with monthly bills you pay; review rates
AJ- business events, marketing photos
Matt- D.C.H. Bright Physical Therapy; new patients welcome
Wayne- repair/customize firearms; no longer “dipping” guns, etc.
Pat- HVL golf course; 2014 membership deals
Jim M.- 32-in. tv giveaway; listen and find right protection
Denny- seeking Harrison Township Trustee position
Ken F- Fay Service; maintenance, wood-finishing, electrical/plumbing work
Debbie- June 7th ; safe-shredding day at Merchants (this date may have been changed to 6/28)*
Dale- lack of inventory, lots of buyers, weekly auctions
Diane- April 1st; ice-cream opens, flea-market (May 10th), Lenten fish specials
Terry- looking at ownership opportunity at Booher and Taylor
Celeste- next paper distributes in a week; now at 18k distribution
Bebe would like to thank Celeste for all the advertising done for BABA
Bebe- buying out a web design/hosting business. Hiring an intern/p.t. position, customers to expand nationally
Becky- introduction
Submitted by: Lori Enright